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UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today paid tribute to a fallen French peacekeeper, who died on Saturday due to medical conditions, at a solemn ceremony held in a UNIFIL French base in Deir Kifa, south Lebanon…

As part of UNIFIL’s continued support to host communities, the mission executed two projects this week with the aim of improving food security in south-eastern Lebanon. The agricultural support projects in the villages of…

UNIFIL Sector West Command and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday opened a newly renovated medical facility with UNIFIL support within the main LAF barracks in Tyre, south Lebanon. The facility, refurbished with…

With Lebanon easing COVID-related restrictions and schools preparing to welcome students again, UNIFIL supported last week nine public schools in the country’s south-eastern villages with critical school supplies and…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today handed over the mission’s annual environmental awards to three military units for implementing environment-friendly initiatives in their bases and…

A UNIFIL-supported Red Cross building in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Shab’a opened last week. The new facility will cater to the humanitarian and medical needs of the local population. At a COVID-compliant ceremony…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting – held in a modified format due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions – with senior officers from the Lebanese…

UNIFIL marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the mission’s headquarters today. As 29 May fell on a Saturday this year, UNIFIL chose to hold its ceremony the following Monday. On the occasion, the…

UNIFIL today handed over one of its positions to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), its strategic partner, at a ceremony in south-western Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col handed…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today led a memorial ceremony in Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, paying tribute to a Nepalese peacekeeper who recently died while serving…

UNIFIL Irish peacekeepers yesterday paid respects to five Irish Defence Forces personnel who lost their lives while serving for peace with the UN peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon, all in the month of April, in the 1980s…

As the world marked World Creativity and Innovation Day yesterday, Lebanese women in the south-eastern village of Rachaya al Foukhar are benefitting from a UNIFIL-supported project that hones their skills in getting optimum…